Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 14:15 in Physics & Chemistry

In a paper published in Nature, Hilke Schlichting of the California Institute of Technology is reporting that the telltale signature of a Kuiper Belt Object measuring only one-half mile across was extracted from Hubble's Fine Guidance Sensors engineering data, not direct observations.

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